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It used to be the biggest drug-dealing motel in town, Connie told me, but ever since the police department moved in up the block and the fire department build a new station across the street, they had been able to change the place's reputation.

它曾经是最大的毒品交易汽车旅馆镇，康妮告诉我，但自从警察局搬进了块和消防部门建立一个新站一街之隔，他们已经能够改变地方的声誉。

China will now get Peugeot's latest models, as opposed to the older vehicles it used to be fobbed off with.

中国市场将会获得标致最新款的车型，这和以往不同。以前，中国市场总是被一些旧车型敷衍。

The crumple of her waist at the back, as she bent back to look, was a little weary; and it used to be so gay-looking.

当她扭转身去时，她看见她腰部的皱折是疲乏的，但是从前却是很轻盈愉快的！

Hand-painted hoardings used to be the norm because labor was cheap and imports were not allowed,' says Ashish Bhasin, a director of Lintas, India, which is compiling a computer database to help advertisers choose from more than 20,000 billboard spots across the country.

Lintas 的部门经理Ashish Bhasin说，手绘广告过去是户外广告的最主要形式，这不仅因为印度的劳动力便宜，还因为政府不允许进口广告牌印刷设备。这家公司正在编制一个帮助广告主从全国2万多个固定广告牌中作挑选的数据库。

Mm, of course delicious because our Huanghua winter jujubes used to be a special tribute to emperors.

嗯，当然好吃了，因为咱们黄骅的冬枣在过去是专给皇上的贡品。

Some of the younger and livelier animals, as the evening wore on, got whispering to each other that things were not so amusing as they used to be in the good old days; and there were some knockings on the table and cries of 'Toad!

这时，他俩总是张大嘴巴，互相对视一下，这使蟾蜍深感快意。

Neverland used to be famous for its animals inside, elephant, giraffe, lion, monkey, from soup to nuts. But now these animals, which were imported from abroad, have been rambling elsewhere.

梦幻庄园曾以园内动物园而闻名，大象、长颈鹿、狮子和猴子一应俱全，但是，现在，这些从异国引进的动物已经流落他处。

Used to be nannying and cleaning for the aliens, but now everyone wants to goaboveboard with their domestics.

以前给外国人看过孩子，打扫房间，但现在人们不喜欢把家里一切暴露给外国人。

Used to be nannying and cleaning for the aliens, but now everyone wants to go aboveboard with their domestics.

以前给外国人看过孩子，打扫房间，但现在人们不喜欢把家里一切暴露给外国人。

Mr Howard, leader of what used to be an explicitly pan-British party that now exists mostly in England, appeals to that sense of grievance by evoking "the forgotten majority".

霍华德是一个政党领导人－－这个政党曾经是纯粹不列颠人的政党，如今只大部分存在于英格兰了。他试图通过呼吁&被遗忘的大多数&来鸣不平。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。